A new generation of small scale (less than 20 MWe) biomass fueled, power plants are being developed based on a gas turbine (Brayton cycle) prime mover. These power plants are expected to increase the efficiency and lower the cost of generating power from fuels such as wood. The new power plants are also expected to economically utilize annual plant growth materials (such as rice hulls, cotton g...

Measurements were made on protein sup,plcments in.a basal diet, of dry matter, nitrogen and amino acid digestibilities using mature and' adult cockerels. Birds were killed 5h after receiving their diet in a single feed. Analyses were made on digesta from (i) the ileum, (ii) the terminal ileum, (iii) post caeca, and on excreta. In a second exDeriment -adult cockerels were fitted with a sitiple c...

in this experiment, physical and chemical characteristics and estimation of effective fiber and digestibility of some agricultural by-products such as lerd, pulp and date kernel, grape pomace, pistachio hulls, lime and rice straw were determined by using in vitro technique. experimental data were analyzed as a complete randomized design, with three replicates. physical and chemical characterist...

In this study, forty-two fungi from soil were isolated and tested for their carboxymethyl cellulase (CMCase) and xylanase activities. From all isolates, the fungal isolate FR60, which was identified as Aspergillus aculeatus Iizuka, showed high activities in both CMCase and xylanase with 517 mU/mg protein and 550 mU/mg protein, respectively. The crude enzyme from A. aculeatus Iizuka FR60 could h...

The objective was to compare deoxynivalenol (DON) concentrations in feed ingredients and commercial swine diets measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Seventy ingredient samples consisted of corn, corn dried distillers grains with solubles, gluten feed, meal, palm kernel expellers, rice bran, soy hulls, soybean wheat. Commercial diet...

Disposal of crawfish processing by-products poses a challenging problem to the rapidly expanding crawfish industry. Degradation of mass and nutrient content was determined during co-composting of different mixtures of rice hulls and crawfish by-products. This experiment was also undertaken to assess the suitability of recycling compost product with additional crawfish by-products. Mixtures cont...